July 14, 2021 Digital Lending’s Self-Regulation: A Redemption Story? For years now, digital lending in emerging markets has faced public rebuke for at times utilizing deceptive marketing
March 24, 2021 Can Personality Predict Loan Performance? Know Your Customer — often abbreviated as KYC — is such an important part of success in digital finance that
May 26, 2020 Difficult Days: How Long Can Small Lenders Last? The COVID-19 pandemic is a make-or-break moment for lenders to small and micro enterprises (SMEs) and those at
March 25, 2020 Will COVID-19 Lead To Bigger, Better Borrowing? Mere weeks following its arrival on the global stage, the COVID-19 epidemic has already wreaked havoc on health
November 20, 2019 Will Banks Lead the Fintech Charge? It’s sometimes assumed that competition in the financial services space is good for end users. If consumers
May 14, 2019 Microfinance Institutions: Prospects For B2B Fintechs? When Muhammed Yunus first crystallized the concept of microfinance in the 1970s, it was simpler times. The end-user
February 26, 2019 Digital Loans: A Wild Wild West? When a disruptive new technology enters the market, it’s predictable what comes next: chaos. Without prior regulations
February 12, 2019 Credit Bureaus: Resting On Their Laurels? With the advent of alternative data, many lenders in emerging markets have side-stepped the barren vaults of Credit
January 15, 2019 Mortgages: Different Stages Of Digitization For many fintech entrants eager to capitalize on loan products, mortgages are the Moby-Dick of the lending sea.
October 16, 2018 Will Modern MFIs Energize Pay As You Go? The off-grid energy industry is one of the most successful sectors serving the base of the economic pyramid
August 28, 2018 Digital Credit Is Easy, But Is It Too Easy? Access to credit is a key element of financial inclusion, and over the past five years has become
May 29, 2018 Mobile Credit: The Airtime, Mobile Money Dichotomy The delivery of mobile credit (at least when transported on the rails of mobile network operators) has been